Word of the Week

Immigrant = طَارِئٌ

The word for “immigrant” in Arabic is طَارِئٌ (taari’). It comes from the root verb طَرَأَ عَلَى , which means to come to someone (from some distant place). Note that its prepositional phrase complement, which we translate using

Beauty = جَمَالٌ

The word for “beauty” in Arabic is جَمَالٌ (jamaal). It indicates both physical beauty and beauty in character. The difference between this and حُسْنٌ is that the latter, when it is used for physical beauty, refers to the beauty of the […]

To See = رَأَى

The word for “to see” in Arabic is رَأَى (ra’aa). It can also be used to mean “to consider“. In the former case, where it is used to mean “to see”, it is singly transitive (for example
رَأَيْتُ الْقَمَرَ […]

Name = اِسْمٌ

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Arabic-Studio.com was set up in 2009 by Saqib Hussain. After graduating with a Physics degree from Oxford University, Saqib obtained a Diploma in Arabic and the Islamic sciences from Abi Nour seminary (Damascus, Syria), and studied two years in Egypt, focussing on Arabic and Quranic studies. He is currently completing an MPhil in Islamic Studies at the University of Oxford.